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Healthy? to some extent. He hasn't even been playing 5-on-5 for that long.

Better than Baldwin1?
Not at PG, which is what CJ needs, Curry needs, the team needs, and Lillard wants.
Not at defense, which our backcourt and our team could REALLY use.

Curry should get a lot of PT, no argument.

We really need what Baldwin1 brings, period. If we have to play Balwin1 at SF to get Curry minutes at the 2, then maybe we should try it.

 

I won't be convinced until I see him on opening night. I think he's still hurt.

 

I think he will get more then 14 minutes most night. But right now we don't how Stotts will use his rotation. We also have to wait on how Curry come back from injury.

 

I don't know if this was brought up, but in an interview with Curry he was clear that when he is on the court with ET, ET is the ball handler. When ET is not on the court, Curry is the PG.

FWIW I want WBIV to keep up on his long ball so he can take the backup PG position because of his defense, his tempo pushing and his outside shot.

 

But everyone knows games are won in the first quarter!

 

Yeah I was thinking the same. Baldwin looked good at times from 3pt in summer league. If he can shoot it well enough to keep the defense honest then that combined with all his other strengths there should be no reason not to play him.....when ET is not on the court.

 

“Blowout” in WHO’S favor?

 

In this case it doesnt matter lol

 

He will, eventually. Curry, like Stauskas, is a short term rental, a place holder until Trent Jr., Simons and Baldwin are ready to be rotation pieces. I think Trent Jr. will crack the rotation by the end of the season. Baldwin and Simons will likely have to wait until next year.

Given his upper body strength, I want to see if Trent Jr. can eventually play SF. A future starting 5 of Dame, C.J., Trent Jr., Collins and Nurk is very intriguing, with Simons and Baldwin providing a good mix of offense and defense off the bench.

BNM

 

Some interesting statistics from a BE article on Blazers front court.

"According to Adam Fromal of Bleacher Report, that unit ranks as the 23rd best frontcourt in the NBA. Fromal notes that the low ranking might not be from a lack of ability, but rather a lack of opportunity. Here are their numbers when taking into account the court presence of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum:

Lillard on and McCollum on: 6.5 net rating in 456 minutes

Lillard on and McCollum off: 17.1 net rating in 87 minutes

Lillard off and McCollum on: 1.5 net rating in 41 minutes

Lillard off and McCollum off: 32.2 net rating in five minutes"

 

Y'all fell in love with Baldwin from a 7 game sample. Why do we need what Baldwin brings? Our defense was better than our offense last year and our bench was horribly inconsistent offensively last year. That's something that only Curry would help with.

 

.. and his summer league performance. He was head and shoulders better than most anyone else that was on the court with him there and he displayed a skill that only Dame has on the team, the ability to run the offense and dictate the pace of the game. I know, small sample size, summer league etc... - but at least to me, the eye test was very promising.

 

Why the fuck are you calling him Baldwin1 ???

 

Are you including yourself in “y’all?”

 

I'd really like to know what @BonesJones had for lunch on June 23. Would you mind looking that up for me while you're digging through his old posts trying to make him look bad?

Congrats @BonesJones, you know you've hit the big time when you have your very own cyber stalker.

BNM

 

You’re right, I should pay less attention on here.

 

Wrong, Period. I've liked Baldwin1 since WAY before summer league. Did you read my post at all? I said Curry needs minutes.

 

Why the fuck not????

 

That is interesting. Maybe why CJ isn't playing the point anymore???